by Heaton Acupuncture | Mar 9, 2021 | Back Pain, Electro-Acupuncture
An American study comparing the effects of verum electro-acupuncture (VEA) versus sham electro-acupuncture (SEA) on chronic low back pain has found limited evidence of superiority for real treatment. A total of 121 adults were randomly assigned to twelve sessions of...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Jan 19, 2021 | Bell's Palsy, Electro-Acupuncture
Adding electro-acupuncture (EA) to usual care results in better clinical outcomes in the management of Bell’s palsy, Turkish clinicians report. A total of 88 patients with Bell’s palsy received standard treatments (ST) or standard treatment plus EA...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Jan 5, 2021 | Acupuncture, Bell's Palsy, Electro-Acupuncture
Adding electro-acupuncture (EA) to usual care results in better clinical outcomes in the management of Bell’s palsy, Turkish clinicians report. A total of 88 patients with Bell’s palsy received standard treatment (ST), or standard treatment plus EA...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Dec 30, 2020 | Electro-Acupuncture, IVF
Electro-acupuncture (EA) can enhance oocyte maturation and fertilisation rates in women undergoing IVF, Indonesian researchers have found. A randomised trial was conducted with 24 subjects in an IVF programme who were randomly allocated into verum-EA and sham-EA...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Dec 12, 2019 | Electro-Acupuncture, Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Electro-acupuncture (EA) may be helpful in treating fatigue in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a pilot study carried out in Spain. Fifty-two patients with IBD in clinical remission who were experiencing fatigue were randomly assigned to...
by Heaton Acupuncture | Oct 24, 2019 | Electro-Acupuncture, Incontinence
A large randomised trial carried out in China has shown that electro-acupuncture (EA) is as effective as usual medical care for the treatment of women with urinary incontinence. Five hundred women with moderate to severe mixed urinary incontinence were randomised to...
